Relation

/ɹɪˈleɪʃən/

Synonyms for "relation" (303 found)

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Noun(13 words)

association correspondence relativeassociated withbearingbearing usebearingsbelong to a familycarnal knowledgecircuit conceptclose connectioncoition coitus

about absorption accord account addition adjunct affairsaffective meaningaffiliation affinity agnation allegory alliance analogy ancestry anent approximation apropos association associations

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balancing bearing bloodblood relationshipblood relativebond brother brotherhood brothership capacitycarnal knowledgecharacter closeness cognation coitus coloring combinationcommon ancestrycommon descentcomparative anatomycomparative degreecomparative grammarcomparative judgmentcomparative linguisticscomparative literature

Adjective(1 words)

academic relationship

Verb(2 words)

associate withassociating experiences

Strong matches (91)

comparative methodcompare comparing comparison concerning condition confrontation confrontment connection connotation consanguinity consequence contact contiguity contrariety contrast contrastiveness correlation correspondence cousinhood

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cousinshipcriminal conversationdealings deduction delineation denotation description disjunction distinction distinctiveness doings drift effect embarrassment enation engagement enmeshment entanglement essence extension fatherhood filiation force fraternity gistgrammatical meaninghistory homology idea impact implication importin relation toinclusion intension interconnection intercourse interdependence intimacy involution involvement junction kin

Noun(26 words)

concernconnect verbconnected withconnecting connection copulation correlation correspondences cousindepend ondependanceentity relationshipequivalencefamily memberformulas functionfunction normallyfunction smoothlyfunctionshistory of computing

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history of the worldincidences intercourse interrelating interrelation kin

Verb(1 words)

establish a link

Adjective(1 words)

geometric notion

Related words (151)

kindred kinship kinsman kinswomanlexical meaningliaison likening link linkage linksliteral meaningmatching maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny meaning metaphor motherhood

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mutual attractionnarration narrative nearness offshoot opposing opposition overtone parallelism part paternity patrilineage patriliny patrisib patroclinypertaining topertinence pith point portrayal positionpractical consequencepropinquity proportion proximity purport qualityrange of meaningrapport rereal meaningrecapitulation recital recitation recountal recounting reference referentreferring toregard regarding rehearsal relations relationship relative relevance report respect respecting retelling review role scopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsense sexsexual intercoursesibship significance signification significatum signifie similarity simile similitude sisterhood sistershipspan of meaningspirit status storystructural meaningsubstance sumsum and substancesymbolic meaningsympathy tale-telling telling tenor tietie intie-inties of bloodtotality of associationstransferred meaningtrope of comparisontruckunadorned meaningundertone union value weighingwith regard towith respect toyarn spinning

Noun(30 words)

kinspersonlever interactionlinklinked tolinking mapping mappingsmember of one's familypertinence predicatepredicate nounpredicate wordrecounting referencerelated torelation backrelationships relatives relevancerows of seedlings

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sense of disgustsex actsexual congresssexual intercoursesexual relationsubject of sentencesyzygy tellingtheory of evolutionuniversal-coupling

Adjective(4 words)

logical predicatesmathematical relationshipmathematical rulepositive correlation

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5 relation types

More general

25 entries

abstract entityabstraction connection dealings family individualjudicial doctrinejudicial principlekinshiplegal principlemath conceptmortal narration person recital relationship

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More specific

9 entries

congruence correlation cousinequality relationgrandparentless-than relationorder relationparent sibling

Collocations

5 entries

blood relationcausal relationclose relationfamily relationmathematical relation

Inflections

1 entries

relations

Derivations

7 entries

Translations

32 translations across 22 languages.

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

關係 /关系 noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
關係 /关系 noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)

Czech

1 entries

relace noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Dutch

1 entries

relatie noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Finnish

2 entries

relaatio noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
relaatio noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)

French

1 entries

relation noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

German

2 entries

Relation noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Relation noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)

Hindi

1 entries

संबंध noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Hungarian

2 entries

reláció noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
viszony noun (sexual relations)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

رابِطِه noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Italian

1 entries

relazione noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Japanese

2 entries

関係 noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
関係 noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)

Korean

1 entries

관계 noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Polish

2 entries

relacja noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
relacja noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)

Portuguese

1 entries

relação noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Romanian

1 entries

legătură noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Russian

1 entries

половы́е отноше́ния noun (sexual relations)

Slovene

1 entries

relacija noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Spanish

3 entries

relaciones sexuales noun (sexual relations)
relación noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
relación noun (sexual relations)

Swedish

2 entries

relation noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
relation noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)

Tajik

1 entries

робита noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)

Tamil

2 entries

உடலுறவு noun (sexual relations)
உறவு noun (sexual relations)

Ukrainian

1 entries

стате́ві стосу́нки noun (sexual relations)

Sample sentences

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What's your relation with him?

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Wages vary in relation to the age of the worker.

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Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.

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It is important that we make plans in relation to anticipated changes.

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